You Can Find GOLD by Looking For These Trees 🌲⛏
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Acidic trees like acidic soils, and others often do not. Around here we look for lines of diseased trees that are suffering from sulfuric acid from decomposing pyrite. Often there turns out to be a vein hidden under the soil along that line that need exploring.
@@CheesedCheese poor growth, sickly looking, stunted. Any sort of abnormal development.
Hey Chris, when my ancient old prospecting buddy talked about trees 🌳, he meant the Roots act like sluice riffles, he was The master nugget shooter! He never got to see me walk, I had to move from there, he watched me trudge around with 2 canes or on my knees with my metal detector...he passed a couple years ago & my dad b4 him...i sure miss them, my dad never got to see me walk again either, 😢
We truly appreciate your honesty and non Ego way of showing your theories concerning your own methods of Gold Prospecting...and indeed You are one to show truth...!!!
What a cool idea, and it lead to gold! Out in the Western US the miners planted Tulips at their mining camps, so if you're ever in the woods and see them, it means there could be relics and gold nearby.
I am looking for gold in Holland. Lots of tulips everywhere! . Thx
Literally never heard of that and I'm from Washington state
Also miners lettuce. It's a type of grass that they would plant to eat.
@@DaddyDean87 i can imagine that, for food is scarce in these mountains. How does that grass look like or do you accidentally know a name.
Tip goes through the tulips.
I have noticed a certain weed/plant that grows over pennies around old home sites. When I metal detect, I go to those type of weed and give it a swing with the detector. Pretty common weed/plant. It is called a plantain. not the banana, but a thin stalk six inches or so high with a seed/blossom on the top. low flat leaves on the ground. They must like copper. Good on ya for the trees over gold hint. Thank you. George.
That's it Brother!!!👍👍👍 "the indicators" (quartz, mineralization) are such great heart stopping finds. Those tree indicators are so cool! Geology of your land is Sooo massive! Good on you dude!
I usually dig about 2 feet down near boulders that have bushes growing from the base..
I dig down into the root base not trying to kill the plant.
Plant and boulder acts like a trap during high water level in winter..
Never fails..
Thank you for sharing this tip!
Entertaining, well edited, educational, edible, yet fully satisfying. Thank you, Chris & Mick 👍🏻😁
Try using a "post hole digger". The kind with two handles that you jab down in the hole. You can dig while standing up.
Very interesting chris. I loved this content, not many people think outside the box like that. Hope to see more like this. Thanks.
We try to keep it fresh
@@VoGusProspecting Unsullied, eyebrow raising. I liked it too, bring it on, man I would love see you find A reef spitting out ounces!
A few years ago Cairo tested gum trees & discovered that eucalyptus growing along a strike zone will absorb & store nanogots in their leaves
I love the way you mix up your vids👍🏻 Very informative and entertaining Chris👌🏻 I have learned a lot from your vids and I don’t find as much gold as you do but I have a great time finding it😀 cheers from Scotland⛏🏴
Awesome, thank you!
i love that.. something as good as seeing good gold... is seeing no gold at all from the same place, makes it more realistic, not every rock tree or creek has gold at under or behind it.. my creek doesn't have a lot or biggest of gold, but its there with the work, most of which ive learnt from you as pretty new at this. first try at a steel batea pan this weekend with great results considering the spot, new fav pan now, but i love this not everywhere shows gold and that helps when you show it "could" be here and it isnt, but not to give up as it could be close by
You should get a smaller diameter classifier or slightly larger buckets. You are loosing a lot of classified material when shaking it because the classifier overlaps the bucket's edge. Love the video!!! It's great to watch people looking in places never before mined.
Thanks for the tips!
hi Chris. i use all kinds of indicator plants when prospecting the nevada desert. there are many many different flora species that are a solid indicator of mineralized soil. after years of experience, i have learned that whenever i see a bunch of XXXX plant, that i begin to look for a "dead zone" where NO PLANTS GROW. this often occurs due to mineralization that is so strong that plants, even mineral loving plants cannot grow.
i find my best free mill in areas like that on our claims. we run from 7 to 21 grams per milled and gravity concentrated ton average.
Eucalyptus trees were first introduced to California by a farmer, William Wolfskill, back in 1865.
In Indiana I took out a very large black walnut tree and it’s root ball. Found a bunch of gold all around it’s roots.
Greetings from the high plains of Texas.
Obviously I don’t live in Indiana anymore.
The Spanish in the Americas had a list of like 17 plants to look for that indicated heavy mineralization
Which ones. Info
your on the right line of thinking,, i learned the same thing,, not just trees but plants can also lead to gold and other minerals as well,, they are used just as indicaters of possiable minerals great video
I always get good nuggets from trees that are really close to mullok heaps, i have found 1.5 and 2 gram nuggets in between their roots.
@Max Power left over residual dirt from mining opal
Super info. Had never thought about that. Love the channel
Loved your tree tests. Hope you do enough to really test the theory.
When you're prospecting, anything's possible.
more test are need to be done and seen on these awesome adventures cant wait for the next one guys much love n stay safely golden
I think part of the issue... The old gnarly gum tree (or any tree for that matter and or region of the world) ... Is showing the ground hasn't been disturbed for a great period of time; therefore it is hosting gold unseen or ground undug by the old timers.
Thats a good point. The older the tree the longer the grounds been the same.
Want to know why? Pits decompose to arsenic and that produces gold. Kern County, CA gold county had many peach and apricot trees, and Georgia is the Peach and Gold State, hope this helps.
Bummer about the cherry bucket. Not surprised by the eucalyptus though, ten years ago there was an Aussie study that found micro gold in the leaf stomata of a considerable portion of the tested population of eucalyptus trees, sorry I don't have the numbers!
Now if only they grew in interior BC... (Not condoning planting invasive species! Probably easier ways to test for mineralization lol)
The dryblowing idea seems like it would work quite well to run the bulk of the material. I would run it un-classified, then re-run the fine tailings through a finer classifier and run again to liberate as much of the fines as possible without the luxury of water.
Would the material on the bedrock be the same, or would it be more clay like? The dryblower has trouble breaking up the heavier clay material but does at least classify it down so you can use buckets and water for the final wash of your tailings. I have done similar but only in little feeder gullies etc in the dry GT area but not to any great result.
You got me thinking I need to be heading that way more often rather than towards the Triangle🤔. Ive only ever really thought of wet washing when I'm over in the NE. Now you've planted a seed and my seeds grow outta control really quickly lol.
And as always another great vid. Keep it up!
Congratulations for getting out of the box. I hope you're not offended by that statement, however indicator plants is one of my things,..
If you're a tree and your roots and plant matter is affected by the minerals below you're going to have to dig a lot deeper than a couple of feet or a meter. I'm beginning my exploration in about 2 weeks and it's going to last me a year,. I'm going to be core drilling next to trees that have leaves and other indicators of veins below. I believe the trees where I am here in southern Oregon are telling me that it's a epithermal zone. I'll give you one tip out of many that may help you. Find a small eucalyptus tree with that bark problem. Odds are it's roots aren't very deep compared to the big eucalyptus trees roots, so you have a better chance of finding whatever it is that's poisoning it closer to the surface. But you need to get yourself a cord drilling device if you're allowed a mechanical one. You can also do manual hand core drilling. That's all the tidbits I give today. Follow it and who knows what it may turn into. Oh yeah take leaves off of the trees that are what you would be considered to be healthy and then take leaves off of the tree that you feel is being affected by mineral veins. Let them dry out completely and then one by one if it's not toxic, burn a leaf over a piece of aluminum pan or something in the pitch dark. See if there is a difference in the color of the leaves as they burn. Perhaps I should say a different color in the flame of the burning leaves. But find out if the leaves can be toxic when burned. One of the other guys that's been on the internet for quite a while that does prospecting with a metal detector and on creeks got mad at me because I told him the trees behind him were indicating gold in the ground. And he got mad and blocked me. Recently he unblocked me. But I haven't reminded him. There's another type of tree that grows in Australia and I don't know the name of it. But it has the same problem as the trees here do. Look up to see how deep a eucalyptus tree of that type puts its roots down to get water. I guess that's three tips I'm giving you LOL I enjoy your videos and one day we'll talk I'm sure. Keep up the good work
Please keep me updated
How did the core tests go!! Would absolutely love an update :))
As of yet I have not gone out and done any experimenting.
An elderly friend of mine got sick and I've been taking care of her for a while and I'm almost done. And then I'll start working on it this winter. How many years later? Lol that's how life works sometimes.
16.3: Your chosen tree is stressed. Stressed trees are more prone to disease and insect attack - and these can lead to the bark signs you are looking at. There is, as you suspect, something different in the soil. Soil PH directly controls the availability of nutrients to the tree - and nutrition is directly related to tree health. The old-timers were right.
The miners mantra "it all adds up"
Enjoyed your video. We have an indicator plant here in Nevada that grows in gold areas. We have them all over my mine tailings too.
What is the plant?
@@caldiehard22 Eriogonum inflatum
Some cool theories i will have to try out. Most of the indicators I have looked at when the quartz is broken up as the tree grows and deposited at the base of the trunk
When flying your drone following the creeks or using google earth you should see areas that vegetation is really green depending on the plants but this could mean a low area that has more water most of the time and or the soil is more neutral/ alkaline meaning less mineralised. So if your looking for the most mineralised soil that could be at the creek or from the hills on the left and right your looking to find less dense vegetation or less green Looking to the rest of the area because of the more acidic mineralised soil. You need to find out what plants in your area that survive and like acidic soil, for example, pine trees, palms, grey spotted gum and iron bark.
Enjoyed watching you pan for gold in different places nice to know.😀
Well I think you should also do a hole near a regular barked eucalyptus tree, and then just a random hole in the middle of all of those trees
Good idea! Way of comparison.
So cool. I heard of this theory a while back. Fist time I have seen someone test it.
Chris, old timer tales from the triangle - the bark and the leafs, check under the trees. Same tale led a man to 26 nuggets the size of your fist in the 90s. Melb Herald Sun report his find to the public.
Here in the USA...I look for trees that have leprechaun sign, or rainbow dung...Then I just rake in the riches!
In the arid American SW, prospectors will look for the Desert Trumpet plant, which prefers highly mineralized soils, and can fairly frequently indicate decomposing mineralized veins underneath the oxidized soils.
This is common in Montana theres a lot of water and the trees here have big dense roots and can slow gravel creating deposits to drop in and below the roots
Although it was a quick shot and cut, @9:32-33 that’s a gorgeous shot.
I've been told that too and we call em parasite trees cos usually all the natives in close proximity to it die off.and yes there was gold nearby.
Thats sort of our plan now. To try trees out of place.
Not going to lie mate, I'm just jealous you have running water haha
Very informative and interesting! Keep up the awesome vids 👌
Another fantastic video Chris. Cheers mate 👍
Cheers buddy
Watching you classifying all that dirt made me think of Griz barking at rocks. I think he was trying to tell you to put that fist size rock under your bucket. Your arms won't get nearly as tired.
Damn, I got a eucalyptus tree in my backyard shedding like there is no tomorrow..
Yahoo I'm rich.
It's also believed that the Chinese believed the fruit from the Cherry tree was medicinal, a cluster of Cherry trees may indicate an old Chinese camp.
Eucalyptus is found in California thanks to the Aussies. it is not native, and is now a weed :) it is found naturally in PNG - and that is about it. It's natural range actually coincides with the natural range of the kangaroo. On another note, can anyone comment? Ive heard that some grasses cause colloidal gold to concentrate around their roots. can anyone verify this?
Guy at the end that about falls in the creek best part 😆
thanks for the tip ...do you know where i can get some of those tree seeds.....i am going to plant them all over my yard
Haha, wonder if that would work
I have a waterfall near my house its not hudge unless it rains or something but there is a massive bolder right on it I wonder.. would that be a good spot to look ?
Hi cherry ballarts are a symbiotic tree that parasites of surrounding host tree also known as a preahers tree by deer hunters as deer use them as rub trees doing rutting season 🍀⛏️✌️
Old timers here used to find the gold and plant and apple tree so they could come back years later and know where they where the last time
And have an apple during their work
But now I understand why I found Apple trees in Canada on a certain river! Super information
Love watching you're videos Chris.
@12:15 at least it fell back into where you were digging it from, as opposed to beside the hole in amongst the leaf litter
Hi Chris, I live near Central Victoria. First, what an intriguing video. Got my exploring mode on. How do you identify old sluice runs on the bush? Thanks mate Cheers Michael
There is a purple flowered shrub that has been used as a gold indicator by the old timer’s in Canada 🇨🇦
Something about a natural chemical produced by the plant.
Sorry, can’t remember the name of the planet.
Do the trees absorb Gold as a trace mineral? Maybe taking tree bark or core sample, dissolving a standard weighted sample (Acid?), then Gas Chromatography of sample as an indicator of more likely area to then prospect the soil?
Excellent vid, do more tree testing and let’s get to the bottom of this mystery, love it 👍🌴😎
Nice new shovel i was always told gold is where you find it i just learned something new thanks chris
Would you like to be a guest on the radio show? Gold Fever adventures? We air every Wednesday at 5:00pm PT
Thanks
Awesome vid Chris
The creek that you're in panning all that dirt from those cherry trees there's a lot of moss right behind you there's a lot of indicators right there that you could clean the Moss and you'll find good gold in the Moss as well
Seriously?
@Max Power That's wild. I never would have thought it.
I think you are right they looked like they liked minerals that's good to know
I’m in America in the state of Missouri which has virtually no Gold but it’s the spring here now turkey season and time to find morel mushrooms and they like growing under Elm and around Elm trees so nature is odd and your tree theory and gold could be right because our golden morels love Elm trees lol
There are some gnarly, heavily shedding eucalypts in my street. I wonder if the council would have a problem if I dig the nature strip.
Depends upon how professional you look and then backfill your hole before they get wise. What other services are running down the street in your nature strip? You don’t want to hit or disturb them.
@@markfryer9880 you might be on to something, Mark. All I’ve got is a high-viz shirt and a shovel. Infrastructure? Oh! Ok this isn’t a good idea. All the power runs underground.
Some witches hats will help 🚧🚨🎽👷
The cherry tree came from some old gold prospectors discarded cherry pit he spit out while looking for gold there many years ago. He didn’t find any.
trees in the creek definitely catch gold, bushes, grasses, natures miners moss
Thank you Chris awesome video again
Glad you enjoyed it
@@VoGusProspecting I always enjoy your videos mate any tricks of the trade are always welcome to help me learn more it is a silly man who says he cannot learn something new from someone else I went over other people's comments and learnt a bit more as well
I've been told to look where there is a lack folliage meaning, the ground is more mineralized in that patch so nothing grows. Another tip i've heard is to look for a specific plant, can't remember the exact name, I think it may be called "black boys".
Xanthorrhoea australis is perhaps what you mean
@@adriaannikken7519 yep that's the scientific name.
My theorie is that the oldtimers planted these trees to find their spot again :)
More tests with this method please mate
We are doing just that
Cherry pits dissolve gold. So my theory is, so do cherry trees.
Great vid great exploratory one at that
Gold is where you find it 👋🏻😎
Downed trees next to a creek have always held gold for me. They need to be uprooted though
In the dirt around the tree root, or in the ground hole?
@@Rucky888 both. Especially if it yanked up some boulders with it.
Water canons and sluice boxes wow.. never heard of that. Great video thank you
Look up hydrolic Sluicing.
Get a copy of 'Prospecting for Gold' by Ion Idriess. It has descriptions & diagrams (chapters 13 to 16)
You need a detector with you so you can test the oversize that your throwing to the side dude, might have a nugget in that stuff. Need to test it
Love your vids, but one thing, you should wear something over your eyes when pick axing as you could lose an eye !!!
Luckilyni.was blessed with a spare.
When I was younger I found gold from bushes called colmbian gold
What kind of gum can you get from the gum tree is it spearmint
Splinter wood
Gotta watch those bush roots.
Hi Chris, what is the inner diameter of your bucket at the top?
Before I see if you got anything out of the eucalyptus tree pan, how far apart were the two trees?
100 meters or so
Interesting. And good to see you out and about. 🤓
I always imagined there might be gold around the roots of trees at riverside. No science, just a hunch.
So that's a lot like the trumpet horn weed that grows in the deserts around California Nevada Arizona and places like that in the same theory they grow in heavy mineralization so I'm pretty cool thanks for sharing 🤟✅
Great vid as always. What's the best way to identify the old sluice channels? 👍
Brett obvious in real life. They are square cut channels, usually in the bedrock that run through the workings to a water source down hill.
Thanks.
We've got an indicator plant called Trumpet plant in Nevada. Quite common in highly mineralized areas.
Wat about the gold colored dirt that was not rinsing down the stream it might of floated but the dust is still hanging out out ther on a live stream
I like the adventure!
Wonder if the us has tree indicators....
What trees are upstream of the sluice boxes... or downstream...
While I think tree type is more false-cause than fact. I do have a better theory.
My theory is that if you wear a Vo-Gus prospecting T-shirt, your chances of finding gold increase. This is because watching Vo-Gus teaches you a ton about gold prospecting.
Nice job there mate, good to check out the old timers theories. I'm just waiting for some tree hugging twatwaffle to start harping on about the turbidity in the creek, even though it's only about 5% of what you would get during a storm!!
Those types of people are so self obsessed
Legend 👍
I'd just keep digging where the gold is lol! Great videos I look forward to everyone
The old timers are rolling 😂😂in their grave sayin "these young whippersnappers sure are gullible😂😂😂